“We’re building an education resource center, further improving our IRA and retirement planning offerings, and adding new functionality to our distribution process,” said Mitchell Graye, president and CEO of Great-West. “Sam is a hands-on executive who has an impressive record of leading these types of strategic initiatives. He’s a welcome addition to our organization.”

Ghazaleh reports to Bob Shaw, executive vice president of individual markets. Ghazaleh comes to Great-West from Fidelity Investments, where he worked for 12 years in a variety of executive roles in the retirement services business.